chapter fiveAnona came floating slowly back to consciousness and then cautiously opened her eyes.
It was only as she saw a strange room that she was able to remember what had happened to her.
She closed her eyes again quickly, trying hard to make her brain work in some way.
She felt as if it was stuffed with cotton wool.
All she could recall was her father’s face and how much she loved him.
Then she remembered her fear at what she had to do and was becoming more aware of what had happened.
She realised now that her father must have drugged her coffee.
And she knew that when she had lost consciousness that he must have carried her into the small boat.
She had asked him how he was to make absolutely sure that the boat landed on the shore of his friend’s private beach.
Her father had
